painting on a sphere**

squeeze bottles full of gluey paint

toy ball glued to cardboard (sand ball to rough the surface up)

give a big squeeze

adding more colors

it's all about the squeezing

masterpiece at rest

don't forget to add a large piece of paper underneath

preschool psychedelic

a little less spectacular once dry but still happy

     

**please note, if using these plastic dollar store balls, please give it a once over or two with a sheet of sand paper otherwise the paint just slips off. a wood sphere is more porous and holds paint better but if you are using what you have use some sandpaper to rough it up a bit!

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I'm in a round sort of mood what with all the cookie baking and glass balls floating about for the holidays. I've put together a list of books about circles and dots. You can find my newest listmania list here and stay tuned for some round worthy art fun coming up this week.

One thing you can start on is making your environment an all circles all the time kind of place. Get out your kidlet's balls and/or other round toys and play. Talk about their shape and ask your wee ones if they can think of other things that are round. Grab a stack of paper plates and some crayons or markers and set up a circle inspired art center. When you are in the car or out and about create a circle scavenger hunt. Once you open your eyes up to circles that's all you see!